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| − | ''Sanctuary allows individuals to own and control one of the 25 estates on the Cuiveinen mainland. The primary point of owning an estate is to participate in the political and martial conflict which is the backbone of the shard storyline. There are five-kingdom capital estates and 20 regional estates. Estates are granted via role-play with the kingdom ruler. <includeonly>[[Estate |Read More ..]]</includeonly><noinclude>[[Category:UserManual]] | + | ''Sanctuary allows individuals to own and control one of the 25 estates on the Cuiveinen mainland. The primary point of owning an estate is to participate in the political and martial conflict which is the backbone of the shard storyline. There are five-kingdom capital estates and 20 regional estates. Estates can be claimed via one of the Estate Stones outside of the main fortification. <includeonly>[[Estate |Read More ..]]</includeonly><noinclude>[[Category:RPCSS]] |
| | =So you want an estate?= | | =So you want an estate?= |
| | ''''Thats great to hear! We are always excited to have new people come play with us.''' | | ''''Thats great to hear! We are always excited to have new people come play with us.''' |
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| | ;The first question usually is; "Do we have available estates?". | | ;The first question usually is; "Do we have available estates?". |
| − | :For the most part, there is almost always at least one estate available somewhere, and estates come available often, at least one or two a month, so your chances of getting an estate are good. | + | :We usually have available estates. There are 25 estates on the mainland, and it's unlikely that they have all been claimed. |
| − | :But the trick is; ''will there be an estate available in the kingdom you want to play in?'' That might take a little discussion with either Lara or the current kingdom ruler, and its always best to reach out ooc and ask what might be available or coming available.
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| − | :Lara maintains a list below that has a general overview of what is or isn't available, what might be available, and so on, but its up to the kingdom ruler.
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| | ;So that would make the next question, "How do I go about getting one?" | | ;So that would make the next question, "How do I go about getting one?" |
| − | :The process is reasonably simple: ''Meet the ruler of the kingdom in-character and give them a good reason why you could be of help to their rule as a noble lord or as an estate steward.'' If a kingdom has available estates they will be eager to fill them, but they will want an IC storyline to justify it, and to know that you are going to be an active player who has the time to role-play and do your RPCSS moves weekly. | + | :The only way to find an available estate is to visit each of the 25 estate locations and check the stone to see if it's available. Make a role-play of it! |
| − | :It is always a good idea to have a character with a background suitable to the management of estates, soldiers, finances and political issues. Its much harder for a king to justify giving lands to a lowly farmer then it is to give them to the son/daughter of a noble family.
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| − | ;And then there is the getting set up process. | + | ;Does it cost anything. |
| − | :First thing is that the ruler has to be sure the estate is available and not under dispute. This may require the ruler to send scouts or armies to secure the location. | + | :Yes, having an estate costs 10,000 a week. You will need the first week upfront when you go to claim the stone. |
| − | :In the mean time, Lara is going to want to have a conversation with you to make sure you understand what you are getting yourself into.
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| − | :Then, she'll set you up in RPCSS and you are good to go.
| + | =How To= |
| | + | # Travel the various locations accessible to the ship captain and wagoneers looking for an Estate Stone -- they look like gravestones but are typically found in front of the largest building in a city, or the front gates of a fort. |
| | + | # Hover your mouse over the estate stone to see if it is unclaimed. |
| | + | # To claim an unclaimed estate just single click the stone, and select "Claim Estate." The stone will take 10,000 gold out of your bank box. |
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| | + | You are now the owner of the estate and can access RPCSS for this estate. New players will be directed to the [[New Player Guide (RPCSS)]] for help on how to play the game. You will also be able to use your estate title by type .skilltitle. |
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| | =Expectations= | | =Expectations= |
| − | #You must have an approved [[: Category:Application |application]] for your character on file on the forums.
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| | #Sanctuary is a role-play shard. Cuiviénen is a RP-Required facet. So it should go without saying that we expect estate owners to role-play, not just play RPCSS like a single person sim game. | | #Sanctuary is a role-play shard. Cuiviénen is a RP-Required facet. So it should go without saying that we expect estate owners to role-play, not just play RPCSS like a single person sim game. |
| | #Conversely, we expect you to perform weekly moves in RPCSS to grow your estate in defense of yourself and your kingdom. | | #Conversely, we expect you to perform weekly moves in RPCSS to grow your estate in defense of yourself and your kingdom. |
| − | ##If a player does not LOG IN to the game within a ten day period prior to the end of turn, then their end of turn actions are cancelled.
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| − | ## If we have not heard from a player at all for three weeks, then their estate becomes available for someone else to steward or take over. I will use both a combination of the last time they interacted via discord and their last log in to the shard as criteria.
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| − | ## Players who do not submit actions weekly will be reported to their kingdom ruler -- it is very disappointing to your "team" to discover they are playing "the game" but you are not.
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| | # Estate owners are encouraged but not required to update the forum post set aside for their estate. Kingdom leaders really should update the kingdom so that players surfing from the wiki to the forum looking for current information find something: http://forums.sanctuaryshard.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=51 | | # Estate owners are encouraged but not required to update the forum post set aside for their estate. Kingdom leaders really should update the kingdom so that players surfing from the wiki to the forum looking for current information find something: http://forums.sanctuaryshard.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=51 |
| | + | # Estate owners are expected to understand that this is a game of war on a conflict-driven shard and players are warned that there are no guarantees that you will keep your estate if another team wants it. |
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| − | =List of Estates= | + | ;Read Next |
| | + | *[[Estate Details (RPCSS)]] |
| | + | =Estate Map= |
| | [[File:RPCSSmap.jpg|900px]] | | [[File:RPCSSmap.jpg|900px]] |
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| − | ;Claimed
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| − | :This estates are currently known to be claimed, but if an estate owner or steward is not performing well, a kingdom ruler might be prepared to replace them. If an estate is on the border of a kingdom, having a new estate owner available, might encourage one ruler to attack and claim it for their own -- and install a new person.
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| − | # Arnlodge - Dagon
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| − | # Brekka - Dwolf
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| − | # Brighwell - Asajiro/Gwyr
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| − | # Carigsay - Aianna/Rain
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| − | # Dornear - Valaar as Steward
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| − | # Drokkwold - Julian a King (Capital City)
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| − | # Essendell - Mya
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| − | # Estervern - Darkmane '''possibly available for new leadership'''
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| − | # Esholt - '''available
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| − | # Fjarora - Daliya Morskaia
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| − | # Golmeuse - Varamyr
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| − | # Haverbron - Klyarn
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| − | # Heresevain - '''available for new leadership
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| − | # Karrandal - Brea Wynne Wistari (Capital City)
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| − | # Meissa - Hephaestra
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| − | # Molvernia - Aerin
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| − | # Novochebay - Morde as Steward / Valaar as Jarl
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| − | # Port Leon - Maeve/Caitria (Capital City)
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| − | # Raedoria - Eddard/Digo
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| − | # Shad'ahan - Peaches/Sog as Steward
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| − | # Tarafeyn - Bunny (Capital City)
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| − | # Tiversomin - Baene Thorrstad
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| − | # Westleeuw - Frozstee
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| − | ;Unclaimed
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| − | : "Unclaimed estates" may not necessarily still be ''unclaimed'' in RPCSS. Part of the goal of RPCSS is to acquire more land. Before a kingdom ruler can grant you land they must scout the location and confirm it is empty.
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| − | # Langadalr - unclaimed (structure scheduled for demolition)
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| − | # Tårnsted - unclaimed
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| − | =Current Implementation=
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| − | ''This is the current implementation, tag staff in discord channel #staff-attention.
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| − | * You may request that a house sign be set up for one building in your area. It can be the entire castle, only a portion of the castle, or even another house in the area, as you wish.
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| − | * You will be able to evict other players living in your hexacre(s) by paging staff and asking them to use our eviction command on house signs.
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| − | * You may request guards, see below.
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| − | * You may request NPC Spawns, see below.
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| − | * You may request [http://forums.sanctuaryshard.com/showthread.php?tid=1028 upgrades to your estate], by reading the guideline link and then posting your request to the [http://forums.sanctuaryshard.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=22 map board].
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| − | ===Guards===
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| − | All estates should be set up with a 100x100 tile guard zone area. If yours is not please contact Lara. This zone should generally include such high traffic areas such as the bank, craft hall, taverns, town square, and your audience chamber.
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| − | ===NPCs and Spawns===
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| − | At the time of this writing (5/10/20), I have reviewed the mainland spawns. A few got trimmed, most just got organized and renamed. I will be happy to talk to each new estate owner and make sure that they have a banker, a town crier, a postman, and other vendors suitable to their estate's decoration.
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| − | *I am also happy to review the lands around your estate to make sure they have location-appropriate birds, wild animals, domesticated animals.
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| − | *As well as few monsters, such as corpsers, which are naturally occurring in certain zones.
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| − | *The mainland currently doesn't have many other custom nooks and crannies, but our goal is to include those after all the fort upgrades are done.
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| − | *If you are looking for something special, such as a herd of unicorns I may require RPCSS gold for the rare spawn type. Feel free to discuss with me.
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| − | =Planned Implementation=
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| − | ''The following designs are planned for summer 2020.
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| − | * You will be able to go to the mainland, Cuiviénen, and using a sextant establish an estate. This process will place an estate stone, ask you to name your estate, and create a team for you in [[:category:RPCSS|RPCSS]] where you will manage your estate.
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| − | * You will have control over the housing in your hexacre(s). You will be to choose a home to rent "nearly for free". (We have to figure out how this will actually work, so check back.)
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| − | * You will be able to evict other players living in your hexacre(s) via the estate stone.
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| − | * You will get NPC henchmen to take hunting, attack other player armies with, and defend your land.
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| − | * You will get bonuses to resources and potentially unique resources.
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| − | * You will be able to release BODs to your Quarter Master which when completed will improve your armies initiative.
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| − | * You will be able to buy decoration and building upgrades with RPCSS gold bars. [http://forums.sanctuaryshard.com/showthread.php?tid=1028&pid=3208#pid3208 Guidelines:]
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| − | * Much much more
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| − | =Exports=
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| − | Until such time as we have scripted resources, the estate owners have generally agreed to this guideline for role-playing exports. This is optional.
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| − | ''Each estate should choose one food export, one necessary export, and one luxury export and those would be their main kingdom/region exports. Make choices that fit your location and culture. DM Lara with your 3 choices and she'll save the list to the staff boards.
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| − | ''Trade should take some RP effort, such as an RP post, or an ingame event. If you wish to do an ingame event then contact staff to arrange it. If you wish to do a post on the News and Rumors board, then DM Lara to get a random roll on the outcome.
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| − | =Backstory Ideas=
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| − | ''If you want to know more about an estate's back story, you can also search their name in the [[: Talk:News and Rumors |News and Rumors Archive]]. If you find nothing, then you are probably free to be creative. Here are some suggestions.
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| − | *During the winter months, the populace of the estate were exposed to sickness and poor management by their lord. Many died, others took what meager possessions they had and left. With the disappearance of the lord, the serfs who remain look for someone to take the helm and lead them back to prosperity.
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| − | *Similar to the above, the ruling noble cared more about their own pockets than the health and livelihood of their peasants. One poor choice after another coupled with bad luck found them in deep debt, financially and with the nobility of other cities and holdings. Looking for a quick way out, they offer to sell their parents of nobility as well as their estate and surrounding lands to the highest (and quickest) bidder.
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| − | *After coming to these lands, you have seen how the natives are treated and you feel some sort of responsibility to providing them with a better life. Or maybe you think that seems to be the ticket and want to grab it for yourself. You challenge the current lord (a duel, a gamble, an election?) or maybe you just off them, and any who could claim succession, when no one is looking.
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| − | *In your exploration of these new lands you find a settlement that is long past its prime. You can't say when but it is evident by the state of rot and decay that no one has called this place home in years. Fancying yourself the leadership type, you set to work making repairs and soliciting locals to aid you in your endeavor, even convincing some that you would be a good and just lord.
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| − | *You've been here for sometime now; 1 year, 5 years, 10 years...long enough to have seen the battles that raged between the kingdoms, the famines that ravaged the land, perhaps even a time or two of peace when the promise of something better hung so tangibly in the summer air. You have grown weary of the back and forth of it all. The people deserve a sovereign who can unit the kingdoms and you know in the deepest recess of your being that you are the person to do it. Utilizing the reputation, resources, and relationships you have forged you make a grab for one of the more loosely held cities and begin your campaign to unit the realm or die trying.
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| − | * You've always been the lucky sort and one evening you just happened to make your way through the gates of a manor where childless liege lays waiting for whatever god cares to claim their soul. The only heir is a convolutedly distant relation whom no one in the holding seems to have ever met. Mistaking you for that heir you are quickly ushered to the seat of power before the cushion is even cold. Will the real heir show up to stack their claim? Only time will tell.
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| − | *To be frank, you simply do not like the person or people who are currently leading an estate and. Nothing would give you more pleasure than ousting them and claiming all they had worked for as your own. Maybe you were tricked by a fae once or humiliated by a dragon. Or maybe some Jarl decided to insult your honor. Whatever the case, the current climate of change and upheaval seems like the perfect opportunity to exact your revenge.
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| − | * You were always taught to be kind, to treat everyone with respect whether they're the lowest stable boy or the highest Queen. You made friends with the right people and when the leader of the estate steps down it is you who are offered the crown.
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| − | =Titles=
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| − | ''A small note on titles. The average estate owner, not of one of the capitals, would be of the Earl rank, which is Jarl in Midrvegr. There is only one estate that would wield the title of Duke/Duchess, the castle at Novachebay, because it's a level 2 fortification like the capitals. However, Midrvegr doesn't use Duke as a title culturally. At some point, other estates will advance to level 2 and such a title would be appropriate. But, for the most part people just use Lord/Lady or choose their own culturally relevant titles. Andus will use Shah, Emir and Bey respectively for King, Duke and Earl.
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| − | What do you need to know between now and ... the next time I give you instructions. :)
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| − | # Players who have reserved an estate can rent that estate for 1 gold.
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| − | # Each fort can have at least a banker, town crier, guards, and a postman, for now. If you don't know how to set these up using the XML spawner, get help.
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| − | # Check to see if the area has a guard zone set up, they should all be done.
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| − | ==A Note about Estates==
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| − | Please understand that the estates are not all created equally. We have been building for a long time, almost 20 years, and we have many builds on the mainland from past shards. Further, we imported some of the estate builds from UO Architect and while we selected the best of the choices, we recognize they are not our "best work". Consequently, any "complaint" that one estate has a bigger/smaller house than another, is prettier/uglier than another, or better/worse decorated then another will be met with the following guidelines:
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| − | * If your estate was one of the UO Architect estates that hasn't been "upgraded" we'll get to it in an order that is directly relevant to who's most active. That list is here: http://forums.sanctuaryshard.com/showthread.php?tid=982&pid=3056#pid3056
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| − | * If your requests are simple, say 5-10 mins for the CED team to do then you may post your request to the build boards and someone may be in the mood to do something quick: http://forums.sanctuaryshard.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=22
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| − | * Other than that, you will be able to purchase build time with your RPCSS gold as per this thread: http://forums.sanctuaryshard.com/showthread.php?tid=1028
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| − | If you are coveting someone else's estate, instead of expecting us to make your estate like that, go take theirs.
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